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Condo buyers snub developer
Sunday Star 29/08/1999 By Wan Wai Yee

KUALA LUMPUR: Buyers of the Le Chateau Condominium Phase Two in Lorong Syed Putra Kiri here finally moved into their homes yesterday, seven years after they booked the units.

After gathering peacefully at the condominium's compound, about 70 people comprising the buyers, their families and the condominium's residents association pro tem committee members proceeded to open the doors to their homes with the help of hired locksmiths.

Also present was MP for Bukit Bintang Dr Lee Chong Meng. Representatives of the developer, Zamrud Properties Sdn Bhd, were not around.

The owners had refused to pay the balance of the purchase price of 20% to the developer, on the grounds that the company had failed to comply with the requirement for the properties to be free of encumbrances.

In the dispute, which has dragged on for years, the developer demanded that they pay up the remaining 20% as stipulated under the Sales and Purchase Agreement while the buyers maintained that the company had breached rules under the Housing Developers Act.

The buyers had on their own initiative applied for Certificates of Fitness for the units.City Hall released the CFs to them on June 30 on "humanitarian grounds".

Accountant A.M.S. Suppiah said the developer had delayed the units for five years.

"I want my house. My family and I are renting outside now. We already have the Certificate of Fitness. I want my keys today (yesterday)," Suppiah said.

Owner Chang Tuck Seng said: "After the place is done up, I will move in."

The condominium pro-tem committee has also contacted Human Resources Minister Datuk Lim Ah Lek, and a meeting to resolve the issue is scheduled for next Monday at his office.

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